We really can't have it both ways. If facilities are truly an issue, which has been said for years... then I don't know how you expect to sign top 3 classes. That's Jeremy Foley type thinking. That's "we're Florida, we don't need no stinking facilities" thinking. Dan needs to make upgrades to the staff, no doubt. We all want and expect great. We want top 3 classes every year. I just don't think we can reasonably expect top 3 classes until the decade late facilities are done or at least started.
Either facilities are a detriment or they aren't. We've been saying FOR YEARS they were and that it was hurting our recruiting. Now the narrative is changing. It makes no sense. If Dan pulls in say 8th or 9th ranked classes without them, I feel pretty certain he'll be able to pull, at least top 5 classes with them. He's not an elite recruiter. Unfortunately, he's just not. But he's a damn good football coach. I like our odds if he's able to start pulling top 5 classes. The problem is, he may not last that long. We need those damn facilities yesterday...And he needs to hire him a couple ace recruiters...and correct the Knox hire. That may have been his biggest mistake of his tenure so far. We lost an ace recruiter and coach for friggn Knox... smh...
